It’s that time of the year again when mushrooms sprout all over the East Bay’s wild landscape. It’s also that time of year ...

But what is the deadliest food that people eat routinely? The answer depends on how we define it. The deadliest food may be the one that kills the most people — in which case foods that trigger ...

These are large and obvious mushrooms and could be the most recognizable mushroom on the planet. No doubt you have seen these mushrooms in person or illustrated in a book or depicted in movies. It is ...

The trio, described as young and healthy, ate amanita phalloides, commonly known as 'death cap' mushrooms, which closely resemble edible varieties like button and cremini mushrooms. The poisoning ...

With the wet winter bringing an abundance of wild mushrooms to East Bay Regional Parks, officials issued an advisory warning that some can be lethal to humans and pets if […] ...

In late December, a woman and her two grandsons in California ate soup made from deadly Amanita phalloides mushrooms they had picked. These so called 'death cap' mushrooms contain amatoxin—a ...

“They are amanita phalloides and are often referred to as death cap mushrooms because they are extremely poisonous. Unknowingly eating these mushrooms can result in liver failure, the need for a ...

The company, based in Germany, is combining an antibody targeted approach with amanitin, a unique toxin molecule originally identified in the death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides). This new ...